Look, I know my blog is ranked up there with the foremost official world news sources, so I thought it was high time for a Eurovision 2008 update!

It’s less than two months now before all the hilarity of Europe’s #1 pop piss-take (oh, what? They’re serious? No, I can’t believe it!) and I for one am counting down the days until the May 24 final.

I’ve recently heard via a random text message that Dima Bilan will be representing Russia, and any long time readers (ie. my mother) will know that I have a somewhat reluctant fascination with Bilan’s disregard for good taste and dogmatic adherence to a sassy Slavic mullet. Speaking of sticking with a sinking ship, I’ve heard his Eurovision 2008 song already, and I don’t think this will be Russia’s year… again… and especially not since “Dima” – or should we say “Victor” – Bilan has lost the right to use the Dima Bilan stage name after a three year court battle.

So will it be Vitya Bilan performing this year? Only time will tell.

I just hope that one day Ukrainian drag queen Verka Serduchka will grace the stages of Eurovision again in the near future after she was robbed of her rightful crown, as Dancing Lasha Tumbai only came in at second place. All that glitters is not gold…

For the sake of fond memories, here’s some of that Serduchka magic now: